Immensely cool!
On Dec 24, 11:48 am, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote:
> jameslove wrote:
> > Hi David,
> > Yes, I noticed the categorization. The next step will be to add that
> > in, but I needed to get the core stuff in order to meet the
> > deliverables.
>
> > It would be cool to also link the place names to a google map which
> > could then auto-pan to the place indicated. Or better, add and remove
> > places mentioned in the timeline as it pans. I know more about the
> > Google Map API than the timeline API.
>
> You can find exactly this functionality in the following exhibit
> example:http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit/examples/presidents/presidents-2.html
>
> > One small thing I noticed with my bulky timeline is that the date
> > indicators are along the bottom. It would be nice to be able to turn
> > them on for the bottom and/or top. Or ideally if the timeline was
> > quite bulky, to have them appear in the middle at specified intervals
> > along the date separation lines.
>
> > Thanks,
> > James
>
> > On Dec 24, 10:51 am, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> Good luck.
> >> By the way, I noticed that you have color coded your timeline entries,
> >> presumably according to some categorization.
> >> If you used exhibit (http://simile.mit.edu/exhibit) to wrap your
> >> timeline, you would be able to offer users the ability to filter on
> >> which categories they actually wanted to pay attention to. And possibly
> >> add other facets, like people involved or geographic area. You can see
> >> an example of that
> >> here:https://fc.gannacademy.org/gannopedia/jhistory/jhexhibit.html
>
> >> jameslove wrote:
>
> >>> Thanks Larry, I think David did this for me in good Christmas spirit!
> >>> It was the Oregon Treaty entry. I'll rework it and see if I can make
> >>> it appear.
>
> >>> Thanks for the tips on the presentation. I need to just turn it on
> >>> live and let people know by email that its working and then they log
> >>> on and check it out. The perils of distributed projects with Christmas
> >>> deadlines. Now that it is working, people will be impressed with the
> >>> API timeline! Thanks.
>
> >>> Email me at [email protected] and I'll send you a copy of the
> >>> offending XML with the entry.
>
> >>> One small thing I noticed was at 1807 "Emmigration into the Flathead".
> >>> It displays following the duration bar and overlaps into the next
> >>> entry. I've tried to reduce the text to "Flathead" in thinking that it
> >>> was an issue of my reducing the text in the timeline div and the API
> >>> thinking that the text was longer. That did not work. It's a small
> >>> visual error, that I was going to ask about later.
>
> >>> Thanks for everyone's help and thanks for working on this API. It's
> >>> visually well done and the synchronizing of the bands is very cool.
> >>> Our Metis Timeline will be very educational for the sub-culture that
> >>> we research (mixed aboriginal/european sub-culture) in mostly Canada,
> >>> Northwestern USA.
>
> >>> Merry Christmas from Canada!
>
> >>> On Dec 24, 10:19 am, Larry Kluger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>>> Hi James,
>
> >>>> I believe that the problem is in your xml file: one (or more) of the
> >>>> events after 1831 is a problem.
>
> >>>> Suggested fix:
> >>>> Change your xml file.
> >>>> First delete all events after 1831. Run your html file and everything
> >>>> (hopefully) will work perfectly.
>
> >>>> Then start adding back in the events. Add them gack half (of the
> >>>> remainder) at a time: add half of the events that are after 1831. If
> >>>> everything still works then you know the problem is in the last part of
> >>>> the xml file (the last 25% or so of the file). If the file stops
> >>>> working, then you know that the problem is somewhere in the set of
> >>>> events that you had just added back in.
>
> >>>> Use the technique to narrow down to the one or more events that are
> >>>> causing the problem.
>
> >>>> I'd like to know what the actual event is that is causing the problem: I
> >>>> may be able to make the Timeline more forgiving of the problem in the
> >>>> future.
> >>>> (Just having it crash is a bit boring.)
>
> >>>> In the worst, case: some tips about the demo:
> >>>> 1) YOU should control the computer
> >>>> 2) Just demo the parts of the Timeline that already work. It is already
> >>>> quite impressive compared to nothing. Tell people that it is still in
> >>>> beta, that it isn;t ready yet for wider use.
>
> >>>> Good luck!
>
> >>>> Regards,
>
> >>>> Larry
>
> >>>> ________________________________
> >>>> From: jameslove <[email protected]>
> >>>> To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]>
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 12:48:30 PM
> >>>> Subject: Presenting today Need Quick Help: console' is undefined error
>
> >>>> Hi All,
> >>>> We've just got our British Columbia Metis (canadian aboriginal group)
> >>>> timeline completed with lots of data. I've got to show it today. Any
> >>>> thoughts on why suddenly getting this error in the API? I've turned
> >>>> on only one band, since I thought that might be the issue.
>
> >>>> What happens is that when you slide the band towards the 1820's
> >>>> suddenly you get the error and the data disappears. If you slide the
> >>>> band slower, it occurs further into the 1820's or 30's. If you close
> >>>> the error, the data suddenly reappears somewhere in the 1870's and you
> >>>> can slowly pan back until in the offending time period, the error
> >>>> occurs again.
>
> >>>> Line: 3794
> >>>> Error: 'console' is undefined
>
> >>>>http://www.bcmetis.ca/metis_timeline.php
>
> >>>>http://www.bcmetis.ca/metis_timeline.xml
>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> James Love
> >>>> Associate Researcher
> >>>> University of British Columbia - OK campus
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